http://simonwillison.net/2007-10-09T02:08:13+00:00Simon Willison2007-10-09T02:08:13+00:002007-10-09T02:08:13+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Oct/9/strings/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://pyside.blogspot.com/2007/10/string-types-in-python-3.html">String types in Python 3</a></strong></p> bytes are now immutable (just like the bytestrings they are replacing) and a new mutable buffer type has been introduced. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/buffers">buffers</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/bytes">bytes</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/bytestrings">bytestrings</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/python">python</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/python3">python3</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/strings">strings</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/unicode">unicode</a></p>